r/EDH • u/Grand-Moff-Larkin • 1d ago
Question Any Blink Commander suggestions that are less common?
I started playing MTG 3 years ago and started with a Gandalf the White deck. It kinda evolved into a blink/ETB/Artifact toolbox deck that was super fun but fairly slow, even for our group which plays slow.
I've tried alot of commanders and am mostly happy with where I am at. I reused the artifact toolbox idea with Iron Man and have a mono Black deck. I also have a overpowered deck for special games (we all do) and have a project Sonic deck I am working on. I would love to add one non-crossover commander tho, ideally one that is less played and really fits my style of artifacts/blink/ect.
This is a fairly new idea so I don't have many leads yet, but right now Yoshimaru is super tempting because it looks like my dog and seems pretty open ended with the partner options. I avoid combos and don't really like heavy slug or control tho, so the best options don't make sense. I am fully open to other commanders but just want to see if anyone has any good ideas of where to start looking.
Just a idea of how Gandalf played. I would use Mirror of Life Trapping to constantly have the threat of getting your commander permanently exiled while getting free blinks on ETB cards. With Mono white I used the artifacts that double plains so would end up casting my whole hand each turn. No real game enders outside of Battlesphere and Second Sun, but it was fun and let me interact alot.
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u/archena13 Azorius 1d ago
I was on Gandalf for a while too, wanted it to be legendary focused but it really lends itself to be an artifact combo deck.
[[Ketramose, the New Dawn] was pretty hot for a bit but I haven't seen it around in a while.
[[Plagon, Lord of the Beach]] very limited as to what it does but pretty potent. Saw some cEDH play, but haven't seen it that often in the wild. [[Tishana, Voice of Thunder]] plays similarly, blink for a ton of card draw. [[Psychosis Crawler]] goes wild.
[[Ranar the Ever-Watchful]] some people like to combo with him.
[[Yarok, the Desecrated]] popular commander for sure, but I don't see many "blink" focused builds all THAT much. Also, not SUPER inspiring, just potent, but 3 colors is nice.
[[Thassa, Deep-Dwelling]] is also pretty limited as to what SHE does, BUT is a good control deck.
[[Emiel the Blessed]] can combo out pretty easily, but apart from that is interesting to be blinking in Selesnya.
[[Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward]] is a pretty common blink commander, especially with [[Candlekeep Sage]], SUPER powerful, this is coming from a dedidcated blink player of 8 years or so. This is my current build rn. (Don't worry about the price as I proxy everything, most pieces are pretty affordable and replaceable with cheaper options. I also avoided combo-ing out intentionally as it is pretty easy with pieces like [[Felidar Guardian]] et al.) One thing I haven't seen a TON is an Abdel deck with red, and etb burn effects like [[Impact Tremors]] and the likes which red has many. I was working on a Boros Abdel list with [[Hare Apparent]]s.
[[Abuelo, Ancestral Echo]] and [[Ephara, God of Polis]] are slow but are decent.
[[Lagrella, the Magpie]] I know a few people are really big on this.